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The Rickenbacker Club! Part trees!

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I was wanting to wait until it was finished, but here is a bad pic of it partially sanded. Those dark spots are just the lighting.
 
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Chronicle said:
Wow I definitely missed those....nice. If one of them were a 4003, I'd consider begging you to sell it :D

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LOL, thank you!

It wouldn't be easy to break up the set. It took many years to find these girls.

I do have a 2006 Monty Brown 4003 as well with a Factory toaster and a Horseshoe.

I've got to take a picture with all three. I do love the "brown" Ricks best!:bassist:
 
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kcole4001 said:
Here are mine:
First up, a 1976 4000 in FG (FireGlo), bought in 1986, I'm the second owner. Plays like a dream, had the original RIC flats on it when I got it, needed a cleaning VERY badly. The truss rod nuts still have the factory dabs of red paint and have never needed adjustment. A great, in your face, bass!
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Next: a 1977 4001 White (originally) bought in 1999(?), needed the neck pup rewound (thanks, Sergio!), the wiring totally replaced, a proper RIC bridge pup, and truss rod adjustment after minor end repairs.
Also added a Hipshot tail (brass), and made a clear plexi pickguard backpainted black in the earlier style to make it resemble a '75.
I just like the look of the 1/2" neck pup spacing.
This is my main player, but I still get a god-awful ground buzz since I replaced the tail, not grounded well enough.
Remarkably versatile tonally, thoughit's quite a bit darker sounding than most Ricks.
I wasn't too botherd about modifying it since I only paid $400 Canadian for it, not including the replacement parts.
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Last (so far): a 1981 4080 JG (JetGlo)
My first, that's right, first ebay purchase.
Back in 2005 this beauty came up, a certain friendly Rick collector had just made a couple of purchases and couldn't take this one on, so he and others at RicResource bowed out most graciously and let me have a stab at it.
I succeeded, paid $3362 US for it, a bargain considering what they were and still are selling for, though the exchange, shipping, insurance, taxes and border fees turned the screw to the tone of $4900 Canadian at the end of it all.
I've wanted one of these for 25 years, and the wife (bless her) let me go for it.
Apparently JG is fairly rare for these beasts, it's common for the 4001/4003 basses.

It's all original except for the strings and the rusted or crusty screws that I replaced on all 3 of my Ricks.
I have bypassed the infamous bridge pup tone cap with a short solid core wire twisted tightly to both leads, so if I remove it there will be no damage.
The necks are both super thin, and very narrow.
I have adjusted the rods and it plays beautifully.
It probably weighs 15lbs. and it's rather awkward to play the 6 string, but I love it anyway.
The tone is HUGE!
I do actually take it to gigs, and it REALLY freaks out the Rush fans in the audience!
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Magical_Merlin said:
As a new Ric fan, how often do the special color runs come out?
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There are (were) Color of the Year (CoY) finishes available each year, a new one announced at the January NAMM show, and no color to be repeated, that's the incentive, that the color will never again be available, so to get it you would have to place your order with a registered dealer within the time frame of that year. Often they will use a discontinued color for the CoY if they don't intend to rerelease it.

The production backlog meant that many were well over two years before they were produced, but price was of course locked in at the time of order.

Now the CoY has been suspended to help reduce the backlog to a more manageable level, also some models have been trimmed from production for the same reason.

At the time of the decision the last publicly announced backlog figure was over 400 working days, so getting it down has been a pretty big priority at RIC.

There have been a relative flurry (for RIC, anyway) of price increases to try and slow orders somewhat, whether that was effective remains to be seen.
Prices had remained essentially constant for quite some time, so an increase was due anyway.
Ricks are still a great deal and hold their value well.

The company appears to be in excellent financial health, and making their products more readily available can't hurt that, though balancing the backlog is a monumental chore.
No offshore production whatsoever, everything is made or assembled in one plant in Santa Ana, CA.
And from what I understand the parts are all made in the US, and the wood is specifically grown either for or by the company.
'Made in USA' really means made in the US to RIC!
 
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kcole4001 said:
The company appears to be in excellent financial health, and making their products more readily available can't hurt that, though balancing the backlog is a monumental chore.
No offshore production whatsoever, everything is made or assembled in one plant in Santa Ana, CA.
And from what I understand the parts are all made in the US, and the wood is specifically grown either for or by the company.
'Made in USA' really means made in the US to RIC!
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THIS is another reason why I bought a Ric, 100% pure authentic American craftsmanship into every model with no out-sourced rubbish to reduce production costs and fatten their profit margins.

I made the journey to the US this year and I was so damn lucky to find the LAST 2 remaining Rics in the entire Bay Area. At $1871 it was no small investment, but I was lucky that I put in the hard work last year so I could reap the rewards now.

I bought my Fireglo Ric at Rocker Guitars in San Francisco, from these two chaps who knew a thing or two about these instruments. After I bought it and successfully brought it back home, I examined the serial number and discovered that my Ric was built A MONTH before I bought it! (0919479 , if you want to check it for yourselves.)

It's brand new, I couldn't possibly get it any newer if I wanted, and what's even better is the deal I got on it.... It roughly translated to 1327 Euro, 1000 euro CHEAPER than the nearest place I could buy it in Europe.

I'm in love, truly am, I have to owe it to myself to never stop playing and dedicate at least a small portion of my time to it.



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Oh yeah, also add me to your Ric group please :)
 
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Paul262 said:
THIS is another reason why I bought a Ric, 100% pure authentic American craftsmanship into every model with no out-sourced rubbish to reduce production costs and fatten their profit margins.

I made the journey to the US this year and I was so damn lucky to find the LAST 2 remaining Rics in the entire Bay Area. At $1871 it was no small investment, but I was lucky that I put in the hard work last year so I could reap the rewards now.

I bought my Fireglo Ric at Rocker Guitars in San Francisco, from these two chaps who knew a thing or two about these instruments. After I bought it and successfully brought it back home, I examined the serial number and discovered that my Ric was built A MONTH before I bought it! (0919479 , if you want to check it for yourselves.)

It's brand new, I couldn't possibly get it any newer if I wanted, and what's even better is the deal I got on it.... It roughly translated to 1327 Euro, 1000 euro CHEAPER than the nearest place I could buy it in Europe.

I'm in love, truly am, I have to owe it to myself to never stop playing and dedicate at least a small portion of my time to it.



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Oh yeah, also add me to your Ric group please :)
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i've already got a number, but i gotta share in the doubleneck envy :D.
here's mine, a '75, one of the first few they made, according to correspondance i had with john c hall a while back.

also, supposedly, according to the same correspondence, they only made about 50 or so of these (the 4080s).

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